Example Sentences

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The seething lyrics fixate on the lowliness of the human condition.

From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2021

But his departure echoes Celestine’s resignation, which was “because of my lowliness, my desire for a more perfect life, my great age and infirmities”.

From Economist • Feb. 14, 2013

His style is somewhat wordy, but of unsurpassed brilliance in some parts, as, for example, where he describes the utter lowliness of the manger.

From Time Magazine Archive

“The word mean has more than one definition, Miss Gilly. Here the poet is talking about humility, lowliness, not”—he laughed softly—“not bad nature.”

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson

They made her aware of her own lowliness, her plain looks, her lack of aspirations, her ignorance of so many things.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini